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Patented Jan. 17,1882,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF IcE.

JOSEPH K'IEFFER, on MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

HEELFOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,475, dated January17, 1882.

Application filed June 6,1851. (No model.)

T 'all whom it may concern Be it knwn that I, JosEPH KIEFFER, ofthe cityof Montreal, in the District of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada,have inyented certain newand useful Improvements in the Heels of Bootsand Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same.

My invention has reference to that class of heels composed of a shell ofleather orother suitable substance, suitably filled and secured to thesole and upper, and has for its special objects the'economy of materialand greater rapidity of manufacture and degree of finish.

Up to the present timeheels, when made in the above way, have beenformed of sole or other thick leather, and deeply channeled g at theirupper edges in order to stitch them to the uppers, the soles beingsecured thereto by being turned down "upon and secured to the flat orfront face of the heel.

I propose to form the heel from thin leather by swaging and in oneoperation, the bottom edges of the heel being turned up so as toallow-of the metal or otherbottom plate being affixed thereto, and theupper edges turned over all round, so as to form a channel in which thestitching to the upper can be laid, such turned-down edge beingafterward smoothed down on and secured to the heel itself. The soleislaid upon and sewed to the turned-down edge of the front face, andprojects into the heel sufficiently to give it a hold on the filling,thus forming a very firm and secure junction of sole and heel. The frontedges of the blank are so brought into contact and joined that theburnisher will give a smooth flat surface. From the metal plate formingthe bottom of the heel the nails which secure the plate to the heelproper, and at the same time afford a holdlast to the covering-piece ofleather, are punched'out in both. directions at one operation by anysuitable set of punches.

For full comprehension, however, of the invention reference must be hadto the annexed drawings, in which- Figure -1 is a view of the heel-blankFig. 2, a top view of shaped heeland part of sole secured thereto; Fig.3, a sectional elevation on line Z Z, Fig. 2; Fig. 4,-a. horizontalsectional View on line X X, Fig. 3; and Fig.5, a plan of bottom plate,with covering-piece partly broken away. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is the heel-blank, of thin leather, and cut of such an outline thatwhen, by means of dies or swages, it is pressed it will assume the shapeshown especially in Figs. 2 and 3, the bottom edges being turned up, asshown at A, and having been usually previously cutorslit, so as to makethem-fit better. The upper edge, A is, as shown in Fig. 3, turned in anddown, so as to leave a channel, B, in which the stitching securing theheel to the upper is laid. This overlapping edge A is, when the boot or.shoe is finished, smoothed down and brought to an even surfaceandcontinuous outline with the outer face of the heel by means of arotating wheel, burnisher, orother suitable device, gum being generallyused to unite the surfaces in contact.

The turned-down edge A on the front face of theheel carries the end ofthe sole 0, which passes'into theiuterior of the heel and is sewed to Athe edge of which is, as before mentioned, turned in and secured. Y

The meeting edges A A of the blank are arranged and sewed together,preferably as shown in Fig. 4, so as, when burnished or pressed, toleave a flat smooth surface.

The metal plate D has punched out from it bysuitable dies on both sidesat one operation projections 01 01, having their edges serrated, so asto give a better hold, those, d, on the upper side securing it to theturned-up rim A and entering the filling of the heel, and those on thelower side entering into and holding the bottom or covering piece, E.

The heel will in my invention be filled with wood or with any of thecompositions now adopted for that purpose, as may be desired.

For some of the cheaper kinds of boots and shoes leather-board or otherlike material may be used as the substance of the shell, the turned-downedge, which is stitched to the upper, being, however, formed of leatherand'secured to and inside the shell in any usual way.

In some cases the covering-piece E may be omitted, the metal plate Dthen forming the bottom of the heel, and the size of the projectionsfrom the under side being regulated in,

consequence.

I do not claim as my invention any special means for forming the heeland securing together the several parts composing it, as any suitablesystem of dies, swages, molds, &c., may be used for the purpose.

What I claim is as follows 1. A heel-shell made of a single piece ofleather or like substance, and havingits upper edges turned down so asto form a channel for the stitching securing itto the upper,substantially as herein set forth.

2. In combination with the shell of a hootheel, the sole secured theretoby stitching on JOSEPH KIEFFEB.

Witnesses:

FRAS. HY. REYNOLDS, OWEN N. EVANS.

